UnbornTao

When it comes to enlightenment -- becoming directly conscious of your true nature -- there's no process involved because the consciousness that's required is absolute. It is direct, similar to waking up from a dream. You wake up by waking up, no matter what worthy things are done within the dream. I'm not talking about transformation, which includes giving up attachments, building a more effective self, healing, improving vitality, etc. Since these are relative they must invariably come about as the result of a process. Enlightenment is what happens while you're contemplating. And enlightenment is true now. You become conscious of it. That's ultimately the only way. The mind can be focused and disciplined but no method will produce such consciousness, it is an impossibility.

That is a vacuous statement as "life" itself is an unknown. Contemplate what is life?

@Leo Gura You're holding enlightenment as a "thing" (relative), that is presumably mediated by brain chemistry. If it's absolute, it isn't a thing. Do you think enlightenment "happens" when the right chemicals are in place? Is enlightenment lost after the "right" chemicals change? You may be talking about a change in state, which is always temporary. His work is also aimed at understanding the relative domain -- transformation, healing, empowerment. Peter isn't saying that certain activities can't help or that they're useless, but that nothing produces direct consciousness but you. Exactly, he's saying just that: nothing -- no activity, process, method or accomplishment -- can take you to the absolute because enlightenment isn't relative nor is it a process. Nothing done within a dream can wake you up. Best you can do is contemplate with the intent to make a leap in consciousness which is always direct. The point is that the brain, genetics, methods are irrelevant here. By that logic, without the pertinent chemistry, awakening can't occur, which is silly. There's no such thing as requisites to awakening, except you personally becoming conscious.

The key is how deeply conscious a teacher is, not the terminology and concepts he uses. Otherwise, anyone could parrot the right words and fool others into thinking he knows what he's talking about. Is he coming from intellect and beliefs or from authentic experience? That's the key.

We must confess that most, if not all of us are coming from ignorance, so I'm gonna share some worthless opinions and conjectures based on hearsay. Enlightenment can't come about as the result of a process. It is direct. There's nothing you can do that will bring it out, except becoming conscious now. You can focus on a question, aka contemplate. But this is meant to focus the mind, no method can possibly produce consciousness. And a metaphor: Could you wake up from a dream by drinking coffee within the dream?

Your ability to trust yourself diminishes, too, as you're unable to keep your word. Lower self-esteem.

Yep, Meher Baba was presumably a deeply awake teacher.

They may or may not be interested in these things at first. You can't control them. Invite them to look into it. I'd advise against trying to convince others -- what does that get you? Let them make up their mind whether this material is worthy or not. Make it clear to them that the work is real, encourage them to come from a grounded and yet open disposition, not from intellect and fantasies. The material has to be studied, contemplated and validated in one's experience. Needing to convince others can easily be seen as cultish behavior. What is there to fear about buying a booklist? If they show interest, let them consider the material and let them know of the value you've gotten from it, if any.

In theory, it's not a mystery: learn to control your mind. When it comes to mind mastery, it's more about what you don't do. So yeah, don't do it if you don't want to.

Three things: Be honest Love him, and make sure you're doing all of the above

You question with the intent to discover what's true about any given subject. What is X? What is a body? What is emotion? What is perception? What is skill?

Would they accept a transfer to Arabia if their salary remained the same or if it were slightly increased? Likely not. But I get your point of how they may also be doing good.

Yes, that's a practice worth developing. Any action can be done as a form of meditation, regardless of state and environment. It doesn't come naturally, it takes mind control, constantly paying attention and being mindful.

I enjoyed Mass Effect 3 as a kid. I think it was 3, yeah.

Relatively young players with a lot of unrealized potential mess up their careers by transferring to a minor league for the money. Not a very intelligent decision imo. It's not like they're struggling to survive in the first place. Mahrez and Mané will get transferred to the Saudi league, too. I don't think Mbappé seriously considered that offer from Arabia. It'd be crazy for him to do it.

I mean, it's called a walled garden for a reason, regardless of how excellent that garden is. I own a M1 Air btw.

Why in Spanish? lol laugh + voy a enseñarte sobre la ley electoral

Probably death and pain in all its forms. What is fear though? I think that might be a more fruitful inquiry.

What about the freedom to buy overly expensive hardware? Seriously now, the M1 is great hardware-wise. Not sure about software.

@Yimpa

Imagine the possibilities. "You got Starbucks in your planet?"

Nice, thank you.

I'm not familiar with them. What makes it obvious?

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